Ouch kbenn, I guess I'm not the only one that's noticed things take forever in Borden. I've got a similar situation. I got accepted to RMC under the Reg. Officer's Training Program, and my BOTC course was supposed to start July 3rd. I got sent the big info. package with kit list, etc, and got presented with an "RMC Scholarship" at my high school scholarships and bursaries ceremony. The day before my enrollment ceremony (June 19), my career counsellor calls and tells me not no come down b/c something from my medical file didn't check out, but he couldn't tell me what it was b/c he didn't have access to the med files,and the med. staff weren't there that day.Then I talked to the head career counsellor, and she couldn't help either, but she said I should have received a letter from Borden stating what was wrong with my medical file, and why I was no longer accepted, and the letter should have sent out June 11. So Mon. June 21 rolls around, and I contact the med. staff to find out why I was rejected (B/c I still haven't received any letter). The med. staff says he doesn't know, b/c he hasn't received my file from Borden yet, and its supposed to be sent out shortly after the letter was (June 11), so he phones Borden to find out why this letter is taking so long. Then on June 22, I call again and he tells me how he's sorry, and it's partly his fault; he assumed that my application had been rejected, when really, they only wanted more info. on my condition, that's why there was no letter sent out. In the meanwhile, I had returned all the kit I bought on the kit list the previous weekend, b/c everyone thought my file was rejected. Then I ask if there's still a possibility on going on the July 3 course (b/c its already June 21), and he says yes, as long as i get the referrals and info Borden wants, and they determine I'm medically fit, b/c then it's just a matter of Borden phoning the CFRC with their decision, and them phoning me and getting me to come down and sign the papers and get sworn in. So with the stress of my provincial exams, I ran around all of June 22 and the morn of the 23 getting teacher, doctor, and my Cadet CO referrals. Very hard to do, but got them all and faxed them off to CFRC the morn of the 23. I call the med staff later that day, and asked if he'd faxed the stuff to Borden yet, and he says he cant, b/c he has to send it off with my file, and he still hasn't received my file from Borden yet. In the meantime, if they say I'm going, I didn't have the kit anymore, so I went out and re-bought everything, b/c I wouldn't have time with my exams, and grad ceremonies and parties next week. On Fri.June 25, I call again, and the med. staff is on leave, but the replacement staff tells me my file came in yesterday, and the "Puralated" to Borden, and I should have a reply by Mon or Tue. So Tue June 28 comes, and still haven;t heard anything from Borden, so the med. replacement phones them, and they tell him to just "wait out". So it;'s the 28, and I'm getting a bit suspicious wether I'm actually gonna go on this course anymore,so I phone my career counsellor, and ask him, "if Borden replies favourably this week, do I still have a chance on going", and he says "probly not, but the best case scenario is you go straight to RMC in Sept." which I found a bit odd b/c then wuts the point of BOTC and IAP? Anyways, still haven't heard from Borden and it's July 2, and I've been screwed over royally. first, have to go return all the kit again :blotto:, I got accepted as a Plt. WO Directing Staff at cadet camp, and had to turn that down, also, didn't get any of the scholarships or bursaries at school b/c they;re all based partly on need, and when the CFRC contacted my school counsellor to present the certificate at awards night (Purely advertising/public relations b/c it's not even a scholarship, you have to serve 5 years of your life afterwards, and go thru a heck of a recruiting selection to get it) they told my counsellor it was valued at $100, 000, so obviously I didn't have the "need" requirement, but what they didn't tell my counsellor is it was conditional, and could be cancelled at any time. They told me that when they gave me the offer. "it's completely conditional" they said, I was only aware of 2 conditions, either you're in or your out. None of this maybe junk that been stressing me out like crazy for almost a month now.
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Oh ya, has this ever happened to anyone? What was the outcome?
